I attended Terry's cooking demonstration in Amsterdam yesterday. We got to taste the Gyro Roasted Seitan and a banana chocolate cheesecake. Both dishes were to die for. I am officially obsessed with that seitan.

I got the book and I'm already in love with it even though I haven't made anything yet. The recipes look awesome and there is plenty of stuff I can make without having to go on a crazy ingredient scavenger hunt.

Am I the only one who jumped about a foot when I saw the radish and pita "severed finger" on p. 101?

So there's that. The recipes look amazing, though add me to the list of people who's all awwww, recipes split among pages. And there should be more photos, with or without severed fingers, but there could be 3 full page full color photographs of each recipe and I'd still say that.

Just bought it at the local bookstore yesterday! Made the Massaman curry for dinner, which is my favorite food on earth and I am forever looking for the best recipe. It was sooo good. Everything in it looks amazing!

The steamed lemon olive seitan is cooling down as we speak! It was my first time making seitan and it didn't go as smooth as it looked on Thursday when Terry did it.... Keeping my fingers crossed it will taste good anyway! I had Seitan Fear so who knows how long it'll take me to have courage again if today turns out to be a disaster. :\ For example, it didn't really grow in size (yes, I kept room in the foil) and still seemed raw after 30 minutes - I ended up doubling the steaming time. We'll know tomorrow!

On the list for this week (I forget the actual names, but you get the idea):

-the berbere lentils & ethiopian collards & the teff flour crepes... I love Ethiopian, and I've never made it at home before, so I'm really forking excited about this one. It'll probably be a fancy weekend dinner.